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Red Death was an amazing character I'd love to see more of. Billy's mother, on the other hand...I hope we never have to hear her voice again. If I were drunk around Action Man, I'd be a lot more hostile than Colonel Gentleman was. On a show filled with supervillains, he's easily one of the most evil characters we've seen.

She's never been told who "Clark" works for, or what his cause is. On some level, she has to know that it's most likely that he works for the Soviets - but she'd rather not know. Philip killing Martha always seemed like the most logical endgame for her character. The Center is willing to kill off an asset when they become a liability, and once the recorder was found, it became very dangerous to leave her alive. Once she realized that he wasn't with the U.S. government, and that she'd been doing illegal things on his behalf, there was a strong chance she'd give him up to the authorities - especially if she got caught. Things may have changed now, though. She knows her husband manipulated her into committing treason, and that he's a murderer, and she's still loyal to him. That gives the Soviets far more reason to let her live.

No matter how genius a lawyer Chuck is, he wouldn't be able to pull off an ADA complaint. Electrosensitivity Disorder isn't a recognized condition, and working away from electricity isn't a reasonable accommodation.

We know that since the flashback with Rebecca took place, she left Chuck's life one way or another, and his mental health has gone way downhill. People are just speculating about what could have happened to her that would lead him to where he is now. I don't think Chuck is pulling the strings regarding Howard's treatment of Kim. When Chuck and Howard were alone together, Howard informed Chuck that Kim brought in a huge client, and Chuck said something like, "I guess she's out of the doghouse now," and Chuck made it clear that he wasn't so sure about that. She saw it shortly before it aired, not afterward. And it appears that Howard is assuming that Kim knew about Jimmy's plan to air it without permission, and chose to say nothing. When Chuck found out that Kim had been led to believe that Jimmy had permission, he expressed surprise. And then Chuck pointed out that Kim could have explained that to Howard, but chose not to.

They may reveal that Howard has a secret reason for wanting to keep Kim down, but I don't think it has anything to do with her turning him down romantically or sexually. Kim seems mystified by his behavior. And if he'd started acting this way after making unsuccessful advances toward her (or even being flirty with her) she's savvy enough to understand exactly what was going on. And I'm not ruling out the possibility that he's acting this way for the reason that was suggested on the show - Jimmy is making Howard look bad, and Howard is utterly humiliated because he feels like he was taken in by a con man, and Kim's presence is a constant reminder of that. And it's easier to pretend that it's all her fault than to blame himself. What Hector doesn't know is that Mike will be over a barrel even if he helps Tuco get out of prison, because Nacho will be furious.

I think Ru chose it specifically because it was iconic. it's not an easy song to lip sync in a memorable way, and setting it up beforehand as the ultimate lip sync song made it easier to justify eliminating them both. There's considerable evidence that the new queen will be

If Chuck is to be believed, Howard is really mad at himself for recommending Jimmy, but has chosen to take it out on Kim. I won't be at all surprised if there's something more going on. But in the world of law firms, there are plenty of people who are obsessed with their reputations. And I could easily see Howard being that way, considering that it's a firm his father founded, and he wants to prove that he's good enough.

I assumed it was part of the dress, because it wouldn't make much sense for them to be wearing identical necklaces. But now I see that they were apparently wearing identical earrings, too, I guess they just styled both women exactly the same to add to the humor.

On Breaking Bad, in the flashback to the 1980's in the episode Hermanos, we saw that Hector was holding his drink in his right hand, but he couldn't lift it to his lips without using his left hand to move his right arm. When we saw him in this episode, his walk was slow and awkward, his head jerked to the side at times, and he was extremely reliant on his left arm. It looks like his problems with movement got worse. I think they were also trying to hide the actors' wrinkles. Oddly, though, while Chuck looked younger, Jimmy looked older in that scene than he did anywhere else in the episode.

There have been some references to how Derrick can't afford to piss off Britney. Does he rely on Britney for his livelihood? Does he represent her in some way, or have her seal of approval? Wouldn't that be the opposite of ironic? I would expect the queens who identify as women to be the most likely to try to resemble women.

If they do an episode where Sherlock confronts Joan about her neckwear addiction, I'll die of happiness. Or even better, if he asks her if she has an alibi for the night of the big tie heist. I have to say, I've never bought that Joan would be a huge clothes horse, especially when it comes to her more outlandish outfits. She's a no-nonsense person with a very subdued personality, who generally seems to loathe flashiness.

Chuck founded HHM with Howard's father. It makes sense to me that Howard would be very deferential to him. Also, Howard has a huge financial motivation for keeping Chuck happy. If Howard refuses to collect everyone's cell phones when Chuck is coming in, then Chuck might want to collect his share of the firm and call it quits, which Howard can't afford. Which of Chuck's actions, related to his electricity issue, do you think he's doing with the goal of manipulating others? He clearly doesn't care much about how much his issues are affecting other people. But that doesn't mean he's using his condition as a hook to manipulate them. We've seen that he goes out of his way to avoid electromagnetic waves when no one else is around, so when he asks people to turn over their cell phones, I don't think manipulation is what's driving him.

We don't have any reason to believe that Chuck is actually physically allergic to electricity. Last season he couldn't tell that the doctor turned on the electric bed, and he was able to walk outside without any problem when his mind was distracted. But I can't even fathom that Chuck knows it's all in his head, and is just pretending he has it to manipulate people. He barely ever leaves his house, which has no electricity, which means he endures Albuquerque summers without air conditioning. We saw him struggling to get the neighbor's newspaper, even though he had no reason to think anyone was watching him. He wears the space blanket-lined-jacket to meetings. And he has to know that he's seen as a joke by a lot of his colleagues, which to someone like Chuck is probably worse than death. I can't buy that he's still going through all of that just to manipulate people. He's a manipulator in general, and I doubt he gives a damn about how much his "condition" is inconveniencing others. But that doesn't mean he isn't genuinely struggling.

We've seen Chuck use the space blanket in his house before. While he seems to believe that he's safer from the world's electric currents inside his house than outside, he also appears to be afraid of them even when he's inside. There's a transformer near his house, which seems to be a constant source of anxiety for him. She could have told them that Jimmy misled her, and gave her the impression that he'd already received permission to run the ad. When Jimmy informed Chuck that he'd misled her, Chuck remarked that it would have helped her to bring that up when Hamlin was chewing her out. Jimmy explained that she probably didn't want to get him in further trouble.

Same here! I just wish I knew who has it now.

Last season, Mike told Playuh that he's known bad cops and good criminals. Lawson seems like a perfect example of a good criminal. It's funny - before BCS, when I saw that actor play an annoying, pathetic character on Orphan Black, I thought of him as goofy-looking, if not flat-out unattractive. I now feel quite differently!

I think the all-three-sitting-in-the-front-seat thing was intentional awkwardness - just one more way that the trip was uncomfortable and weird. I remember when I'd be stuck in between my parents in the front of their Jeep. That was the worst.

I loathed those "I'm six!" sketches, but I'd much rather watch one of those than the horrific final sketch where Jonah Hill played a caterer. He couldn't even pronounce his lines clearly, despite screaming them all at the top of his lungs! Something was just...off with him in a lot of the sketches. According to many people who have had them, what appeared on Cruz's lip (which he subsequently swallowed) was a tonsil stone. I don't know if that makes it any more or less disgusting. I assure you that it was absolutely revolting to watch.

Oh, I don't think they fell flat. It just felt like a very paint-by-the-numbers way to write dialogue.

Frontiers Media did a (gay oriented) oral history of The Golden Girls, featuring the recollections of its writers. It's well worth checking out. It made me love the actresses even more than I already did. One highlight is that Bea Arthur read a comment in TV Guide from a viewer who said she didn't like Dorothy as much anymore - and decided to look up the woman's number, and give her what had to be the scariest phone call in human history.

Yep. My unpopular opinion is that I'm not crazy about Dorothy's "No, she's _____ because ______" zingers. (As in, "No, Blanche, she's upset because they keep changing the taste of Coke," or, "No, Rose, she's depressed because Marblehead Manor is only on once a week.") Dorothy's sarcasm was usually great, but those jokes just felt so cheap (not to mention shoehorned in).

And I suspect we're going to be seeing the character again, as a politician.

I think even a lot of people who know who Stacy Dash is didn't get the joke, because a lot of them only know her from Clueless, and don't know her politics. And a lot of people who know her and know her politics still didn't get it, because it was just handled so weirdly - with Dash seemingly not understanding that it was a joke, and there being no real punchline. It might have worked better if Rock had chosen to name-drop Clarence Thomas as the Academy's new liaison to the black community. Re: how much of an effect the Oscars have on how we remember films. I think most of us fully expect that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be a lot better known 20 years from now than Spotlight is. But Spotlight will also be a lot better known than it would be if it had lost Best Picture. If you're hoping for a film to be remembered years later, and it didn't get huge numbers at the box office, a Best Picture Oscar is one of the best things that could happen to iti.

I didn't have the impression last season that Mike's daughter-in-law blamed him for her husband's death. There may have been a little bit of "If he didn't idolize you so much, he never would have chosen to be a cop, and he wouldn't have gotten killed." But I think she understood that her husband died because of his own moral stance - one that Mike encouraged him not to take. And while she was probably a bit uncomfortable with the knowledge that Mike killed those cops, I think she was also grateful that he did it.

Mike's daughter-in-law should absolutely be getting benefits through her late husband. And didn't they establish that she has a job? You're not cold-hearted. I'm taking the makers if the show at their word that her concerns were genuine...but there was something about the way she handled it that just seemed "off." Especially with her being adamant about not wanting Mike to stay there overnight. If you genuinely believe that someone is firing bullets at your house, wouldn't you want the toughest man in the world there to protect you?